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to be interrogated by the cia -- i will try not to break. [laughter] abu musab al-zarqawi was from a lower middle class background. he became radicalized while in prison. then became associated with al qaeda near the end of the mujahedin. in afghanistan -- mujahedin period in afghanistan. he had been in iraq before, but he appeared on our radar screen at the end of 2003. he had already started to build an al qaeda in iraq infrastructure that leveraged sunni fear. it is pretty important to view how we saw it. i took over in the fall of 2003. i went to iraq. i got there in october. immediately, it was obvious to me that the situation in iraq was much worse than it appeared from from afar. i was coming out of the pentagon. it was clearly unsettled. it looked much worse than we had thought. the first hope was that if we got saddam hussein, that would solve the problem. we made an effort to do that. in december, we picked up saddam. it became obvious that, as one of my guys described, a bunch of former regime guys were not really running the begi
to be interrogated by the cia -- i will try not to break. [laughter] abu musab al-zarqawi was from a lower middle class background. he became radicalized while in prison. then became associated with al qaeda near the end of the mujahedin. in afghanistan -- mujahedin period in afghanistan. he had been in iraq before, but he appeared on our radar screen at the end of 2003. he had already started to build an al qaeda in iraq infrastructure that leveraged sunni fear. it is pretty important to view...
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he was told we are the cia. he said i will tell you anything you want to know. >> the cartoonish version of it is let me tell you who we are. i heard about you. he was actually cooperative. >> just the existence. >> yes. back to the ambiguity. one thing that does come across in the movie, but you have to watch it very carefully, the most powerful tool we had in every interrogation we conducted was our knowledge. not one or another technique. >> once you got through the enhanced interrogation process then the real interrogation began, the debriefing. that is with the skill and knowledge with the people who were conducting the sessions. the knowledge base was so good that these people knew that we were not going to be fooled. we had other prisoners in our sights. we would be able to check information against others. they knew that. we mentioned the takedown. they did not know how much khalid sheikh mohammed had told us about $50,000. we would go and give him what we have heard from khalid sheikh mohammed and he th
he was told we are the cia. he said i will tell you anything you want to know. >> the cartoonish version of it is let me tell you who we are. i heard about you. he was actually cooperative. >> just the existence. >> yes. back to the ambiguity. one thing that does come across in the movie, but you have to watch it very carefully, the most powerful tool we had in every interrogation we conducted was our knowledge. not one or another technique. >> once you got through the...
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other prison camps around the world later in the program we'll look at the so-called black sites that cia facilities the u.s. government denies even exist. but first french fighter jets have launched air strikes on islamists in northeast mali targeting logistic centers and training camps this is human rights activists accuse the mali an army of war crimes including extrajudicial killings torture and ethnic reprisals r.t. has an exclusive report exposing the realities on the ground of some of the most battle scarred parts of the country. these i mean in this mop the area we've discovered allegations of war crimes information about them is under the control of mali's military government. i think it's getting more and more difficulty talk to people a lot of. human rights activists who are trying to identify witnesses all saying that people. are feeling the heat they are scared to speak a lot of people here. are very sure fool the malian army seems to be doing whatever it can to prevent people from speaking to up a new doctor that this government took advantage of the media's interest in all
other prison camps around the world later in the program we'll look at the so-called black sites that cia facilities the u.s. government denies even exist. but first french fighter jets have launched air strikes on islamists in northeast mali targeting logistic centers and training camps this is human rights activists accuse the mali an army of war crimes including extrajudicial killings torture and ethnic reprisals r.t. has an exclusive report exposing the realities on the ground of some of...
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other prison camps around the world later in the program we'll look at the so-called black sites that cia facilities the u.s. government denies even exist. but first french fighter jets have launched air strikes on islamists in northeast mali targeting logistic centers and training camps this is human rights activists accuse the mali an army of war crimes including extra judicial killings torture and ethnic reprisals r.t. has an exclusive report exposing the realities on the ground of some of the most battle scarred parts of the country. these i mean in this mob the area we've discovered allegations of war crimes information about them is under the control of mali's military government. i think it's getting more and more that he called to talk to people a lot of. human rights activists who are trying to identify witnesses off saying that people. are feeling the heat they are scared to speak a lot of people here. very few fool the malian army seems to be doing whatever it can to prevent people from speaking to openly. this government took advantage of the media's interest in all and for th
other prison camps around the world later in the program we'll look at the so-called black sites that cia facilities the u.s. government denies even exist. but first french fighter jets have launched air strikes on islamists in northeast mali targeting logistic centers and training camps this is human rights activists accuse the mali an army of war crimes including extra judicial killings torture and ethnic reprisals r.t. has an exclusive report exposing the realities on the ground of some of...
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two thousand and six now the only country in europe which has acknowledged the presence of a secret cia facility on its territory is lithuania and if you were to look at it you will you will see something almost a deliberate site except for the imposing fences surrounding it likewise a suspected secret prison in poland is believed to be located here apparently in one of the most beautiful spots in the country according to various reports mostly from journalists or human rights organizations so-called high value detainees were flown in by the cia for interrogation at these polish facilities. i managed to get records from the airport in germany where it's clear that they have learned an aircraft used by the cia very important evidence because until then everyone denied b.'s landings and reported different destinations of these flights to europe controlled however just like their american counterparts the authorities in warsaw have been extremely frugal with the details and investigation into the secret prisons has been dragging on for almost five years now but what earth during its course
two thousand and six now the only country in europe which has acknowledged the presence of a secret cia facility on its territory is lithuania and if you were to look at it you will you will see something almost a deliberate site except for the imposing fences surrounding it likewise a suspected secret prison in poland is believed to be located here apparently in one of the most beautiful spots in the country according to various reports mostly from journalists or human rights organizations...
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reportedly, barack obama considered offering him the top job at the cia in 2008, but public opposition caused brennan to withdraw from consideration. obama kept brennan on as an adviser, and last year, when brennan became the first official to formally acknowledge that the drone program even existed, he again encountered protests. >> how many people are you willing to sacrifice? why are you lying to the american people and not saying how many innocents have been killed? >> thank you ma'am for expressing your views. we will have time for questions following the presentation. >> i speak out on behalf of tariq aziz. a 16-year-old in pakistan who was killed because he wanted to document the drone strikes. >> now, despite brennan's past notoriety, obama officially has nominated him to head the cicia. this time, there's been little criticism of the decision. so, we'll watch brennan's upcoming confirmation hearings to see if any congressional critics press him on whether the obama administration is fighting the war on terror within the rule of law. which brings me to my guests for this discus
reportedly, barack obama considered offering him the top job at the cia in 2008, but public opposition caused brennan to withdraw from consideration. obama kept brennan on as an adviser, and last year, when brennan became the first official to formally acknowledge that the drone program even existed, he again encountered protests. >> how many people are you willing to sacrifice? why are you lying to the american people and not saying how many innocents have been killed? >> thank you...